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He Thought he Owned q Slave.

ATLANTA, June 26.-Mr. A. Med
Wilson, wholesale merchant of this city
does business in the reroteat parts OF
Geoagia, and with great many old time
people. he has many customers in
Gilmer County, small but very wealthy
county in Northern Georgia. almost on
the North Carolina line. This county
is not we'll developed, there being few
towns, and the farmers are in every in.
stance large planters, raising everything
they need at home, very much as they
did before the war. They have their
superintendents as in olden times, and in
great many instances work their former
slaves-as servants that have ministered
to the wants of the family for many years
back. The planters in this section do
not go about much, but stay at home and
look after the large interests they have
there.
The negroes have never been used to
anything different. They have passed
from slavery into freedom without scarce
ly being aware ofthe change. They have
known their masters all their lives, and a
feeling Of dependence has been inculcat-
ed in them that makes them loath to
leave the old plantation and start on
their own responsibility. They get all
they want to eat and drink and enough
clothes for the exigencies of The climate,
which is very mild. It is not to be WOE
dered at that they still consider them
selves the property of their masters.
It was merchant of one of the cross
roads stores of Gilmer County that q
few days ago sent Mr.. A. McD. Wilson
of this city, to whom he owed small
amount, a note offering to give, among
other forms of security, mortgage on
zone Negro Man." This mortgage, it
appears, was rendered TO the cross roads
merchant by one of the farmers of that
county to secure debt due the grocer,
and the grocer endorsed the note and
sent it to Mr.. Wilson, together with the
mortgage in payment OF the amount due
Mr.. Wilson. The unhappy negro was
accurately described in the mortgage.
In the description his name is given as
Joe Addison, and his age put at IS years.
The description closes with these words |:
"He came to me by my father, and has
been my property for twenty years"
The mortgage bears the date of July
If, 1885. The maker of the mortgage
was evidently under the impression that
the negro was still his slave, and that he
had the right to buy loan ON his head
as he did before the sixties. What is still
more singular, the merchant to whom the
mortgage was given did not sec anything
wrong in the security offered.
Mr.. Wilson returned the note, together
with. the mortgage, yesterday, telling the
party that he preferred some more tangi.
BILE security.
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How to Prevent Chicken Cholera.

1t may be we'll for the poultry readers
of the Southern CuAiuator to bear in mind
during the next three months more adult
fowls will die than for the other nine
months of the year combined. In July,
August and September dead grown
chickens are met with everywhere, under
the roosts, about the fence corners, and
in the alleys. At this season of the year
that dread scourge of the poulty yard,
chicken cholera, stalks abroad and its
victims are legion.
But why come in the autumn rather
than at any other season of the year?
Because then it is that our birds are all
run down after laying and Matching sea-
son, their natural vitality is at a mini.
mum, the heat is intense, lice are numer-
GUS, water frequently is foul, and they
are beginning to moult, which latter
ordeal Of itself generally finishes the
oldest and most feeble. The stencil that
pervades some chicken houses of hot
summer night would kill human being
to inhale it one week.SThen why sub.
ject the fowls to such unhealthy condi.
tions and Expect them to remain strong
and vigorous. Ventilate that old hen.
house. Knock off the planks at the top
Of the sides; you can nail them on again
in the late fall. Lattice it up and leave
plenty of ventilation. Let the air pass
through it like a sieve. All the chickens
want in the way of q house at night in
the summer time is a shelter from the
rain. Clean it out thoroughly and
loosen up the earth in the bottom of it.
Whitewash it thoroughly inside and out.
Wash the roosting pe!ches with copperas
water (green vitriol and throw fresh
lime underneath them. Don't stop with
the first efforts, but make it rule
to renovate once week, carrying out the
droppiugs. washing the perches and
sprinkling the lime about
See to it that the folws have q good
place 10 wallow. Without their dust
bath the poor things will be over.run
with lice. The dust to them is what
water is to US. 1t cleanses and invigor-
ates them and improves their plumage.
Give them plenty of pure fresh water.
This matter must not be neglected at
this season of the year. Through their
drinking water we may possess the power
to stay their arch enemy, cholera; mix
and keep on hand solution as follows: (,
Dissolve in two gallons of water half
pound of sulphate of iron and one ounce
of sulphuric acid; add this to their
drinking water of o morning in prepara-
ton of a teaspoonful to each pint of
water. This may be given three times a
week for the next three months with
most excellent results. If, however, any
of the birds show any indications of dys.
entery, omit the solution for while and
put a little sulphate Of copper (blue
stone in the water-just enough to turn
the latter slightly bue. This remedy has
never failed to check up and set right
our chickens whenever they exhibited
any signs of dysentery or cholera. Keep
plenty of fresh lime about, and give the
fowls access to green food, and then you
need have no fears of chicken cholera
II. B. Geer in Southern CuNiuator for July.
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Wing6eld ]. Scott, a young man {

= Wing6eld ]. Scott, a young man of
good family and position in Milwaukee,
died recently from a blow on the eye
inflicted by the father of his girl. Scott
was calling on her one night and the old
man coming iu from his club full of
liberty and liquor struck the young man
in the eye. Several operations became
necessary, and finally the young man
died. The old man should have stuck to
the boot. That never kills.
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has been accepted and the teachers OF the
State and the friends of education in
general are hereby invited to attend the
Institute.

1uabltAtOs T.
INSTRUCTION.
The. faculty selected guarantees the
success of the. Institute. The instruction
given will be of the highest character
and eminently profitable, coming as it
does from live, progressive, experienced
and successful teachers. DIR. Klemm is
we'll known to all who attended the State
Normal Institute at Greenville last sum-
mer as an educator Of the highest rank.
He is possessed of extensive information,
q fluent and attractive speaker, and is
thoroughly devoted to his profession.
DR.. Lander needs no introduction to
the teachers of the State. His scholarly
attainmenta, coupled with his well known
reputation as successful teacher and
lecturer, is assurance sufficient that no
dull, tiresome hours will come from his
department of the work.
Prof. Morrison is graduate of Woford
College, with several years experience as
q teacher and superintendent of graded
schools, a pleasant, talker and active
worker, coming down to the real needs OF
the practical teacher in actual school
work. s s,sl;i
Miss Leonard has much experience as
a teacher and an institute worker, and is
sone of the best in the State.
COURSE OF STUDY.
This will l;;include all those subjects of
most Importance to: the teachers in the
public and private schools of the State.
While the time that can be given to any
subject will moi be sufficient for q full
and extended study Of it, yet it will be
the aim of the instructor to combine with
an exhaustive treatment of some parts of
il; ia careful study Of the best methods of
treating the whole in the class room. In
order the more successfully 10 accomplish
this, each subject has been assigned to a
teacher who has made special study Of
that subject both in the school room and
in Normal School work. All exercises
will be short and pointed, with short in.
termissions at stated times. Teachers
present will be. expected to take an active
part in all exercises. As far as possible,
the school will, in every respect, be con-
Quoted on the plan of model school for
children.
School. Government, History, Lam
guage and Language Lessons, Spelling,
Reading, Arithmetic, Grammar, Pbysi.
ology, Geography, Calisthenics, Penman-
ship and Elocution, will constitute the
line of work.
JIG. CL1NKscALEs,
School Commissioner Anderson Co.
w. D. MAYFIELD,
School Commissioner Greenville Go.
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'Tis the Lady Wasp that Stings.

The male wasp never stings. But so
long as he and his sister are twins and
dressed exactly alike this bit of kncwl-
edge availeth nothing to the careless man
who does not know it is the lady who is
approaching him, until it be that she
smiteth him with her hustle. What
humanity demands of science in the case
of the wasp is the invention of some
prompter method of Distinguishing be.
tween monsieur and madamwazzle at
forty yards.-Science Gossip.
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rain. Thus put up, turnips are good all
winter and far into the spring, and are
always accessible for feeding stock or for
table use; but if left in the patch the
hard freezes will affect the crown, con-
sequently they will not keep we'll and
are not accessible to feed to stock in
frozen weather. am aware that great
many people fail with turr.ips, but
think they are about as sure a crop as
any other, provided we give the same
attention as we do other crops.-J D.
E6oshe, IN tie Weeklu Ne,vs and Courier.
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The Story Of Five Young Men of Geor.
gia.

Soon after the close of the war six
young men entered college from small
town in Georgia. They were the sons of
gentlemen who had been fortunate enough
to save something from the wreck caused
by the abolition of slavery and the inva-
sion of the Federal armies. The young
men ranked we'll in college, and when
their course was completed they we're
fairly equipped for making living.
Five of them became lawyers and one of
them doctor of medicine.
Of the five who entered the legal pro.
fession one became dissatisfied with his
pecuniary gains at the end of two years
and made up his mind that he would
have nothing more to do with courts and
iuries. He determined that he would
educate himself to work with his hands.
Accordingly, he went to Massachusetts
and entered school Of technology. BE
had just money enough to pay his ex.
penses during his course, and consequent.
ly made the most of his opportunities.
He graduated as skilled machinist, and
al once sought employment in the shops
of railroad in State which borders on
Georgia. His employers were not slow
to discover that he was of great value to
them, SO they gradually promoted him
until be became Superintendent of the
shops with salary of S2,5O0 year.
Under his guidance the employees be.
came better workmen. In the course Of
time the owners of the railroad found it
unnecessary to send North for engines
and cars, for the young Georgian demon
strated that they could be built in the
shops under his control. The president
of an Illinois railroad made his acquaint-
ance and was favorably impressed by his
ability. The result was an offer of the
position of superintendent of large rail.
road shops in an Illinois city. The sala.
ry was $500. When the owners of the
railroad for which the young Georgian
was working were informed of the offer,
they said /: "Stay with us, we will give
you $4,000 a year." He stayed. In less
than year he was made general super.
intendent of the railroad, with salary
of 81 500 year. Subsequently, he was
offered position as general superinten-
dent of Canadian railroad. He accept.
ed the offer, and he now receives for his
services $4,000 year.
The i've young men whom the young
Georgian left in his native town contin-
ued their struggle to win fortune and
renown. Two Of the lawyers have
served terms in the General Assembly.
Only re of them has made and saved as
much as $4,000. Two have property
worth, perhaps $2,5OO, but they are de-
pendent upon their practice for their
living. The fourth would have starved
if he had not had his fathers assistance.
The physician is still alive, but he had
saved nothing and is in debt.
The story of these young men teaches
lesson. The professions Of law and
medicine in Georgia are so crowded that
only few can make reputation and
money in them. The man, however,
whose mind and hands are educated can
hardly fail to take high position and to
gain competency, if not fortune
,Sauannah Me,Us.
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A Wisconsin man was so angry on
returning home to find that during his
absence his wife had had the shade trees
in front trimmed so that their beauty
was ruined that he refused to sleep in the
house, spent the night in the barn, caugh
seold and died. And yet they say that
women have no rights.
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a Technical Point.

=
thing, use all their tact in endeayoriDg to
get the best of each other during the
course Of an examination" remarked a
we'll known lawyer in the hearing Of a
reporter in the court house this morning,
abut one of the most laughable incidents
that I can remember occurred in an East
Tennessee County good many years
ago. A decidedly sensational breach of
promise case was being heard, and several
of the big guns in the legal army had
been employed on both sides, among the
number youthful barrister from Knox
Vile, who was then fresh from college,
but has since attained distinction as a
jnrist.
1.-THE little town of L. was in 8
state of feverish excitement; the Court
House was packed, and bitter feeling
existed between the opposing factions.
The cross examinations we're trying the
ingenuity of the counsel on both sides,
and very often Judge H, who was on
the bench, would have to come to the
rescue of either the excited witness or
the baffled interrogation.
"Reuben Barnes was put upon the
stand by the prosecution; he had been
employed as farm hand by the COM
plainant's father during the time the
alleged courtship was in progress, and of
course was supposed to have observed
many things that would have hearing
on the case. He proved to be incorrigi-
BILE, and was frequently threatened with
the Jail unless he answered questions.
The young lawyer whom l mentioned
was conducting. the cross examination,
and aGuabble ensued between. the attor-
neys as to the admission of certain ques-
tions. Barnes got mixed up in it, and
when the attorney asked him question
thathe did not understand he asked for
an explanation.
a'Mr. Barnes replied the attorney,
who was getting very angry, that is a
technical point in law that,syou need
know nothing about. You will please
tell the court and jury whatyou saw with
your own eyes on the last Sunday even
ing in May as you passed through the
orchard toward the calf lot
"sWall, I saw Dick and Sarah sitting
under an apple tree
"sWhat we're they doiDg?'
"sThey 'peared to be sittin' longside
each other on an old sassafras stump
"sWas there anything in their actions
to indicate that they were engaged in
more than a friendly conversation?
"'Wall, yes,' slowly CALCULATED Barnes,
while the whole court and spectators
held their breath, 4 seed 'em gnm-suck.
ing, lally gaggin' and sich.'
"'Now, SIR exclaimed the lawyer,
Jumping lo nls iee1 Will oil eAeioui"'Aou
of triumph, will you please tell me what
you mean by lally gaggin'?::
"'That, sir replied the witness, imi'
tating as far as possible, the pompous
tone of his interlocutor, is er teckernickle
pint in courting that you needn't know
nothing about 7
'It was too much, even for sedate old
Judge H., and the scattering locks
bobbed up and down on his bald pate as
he screened his face behind law book
and laughed until be cried. As for the
crowdEwell, as soon as the Judge could
regsin his self.control, court adjourned
for dinner"
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There are now over 1000 Young
Mems Christian Associations in this
country, with membership Of 100000,
expendipg for Christian work S7S5,000.
The aggregate Of property in buildings.
libraries, &C., is over s5,0O0,0O0.
= Marriage by proxy may be all right;
but courting by proxy will never gain
favor in this free and enlightened coun.
trY.
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- There are some very mean men in
this world, but the Picayune of New
Orleans has found one who takes the
palm. He uses the wart on the back OF
his neck for collar button.
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EAgHERRss s OF lIIMN.
] b. CLINKsGALEs, EDITOR.
::llEsTsa COUNTY NORMAL i j; ! i INSTITUTE. s
LOCATION. d

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son County, 81 g on the Columbia ana
Greenyille Railrosd, one hundred ana
tWants -iye miles north: OF Columbia ana an
ninateen miles south OF dreenville'
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every day, Except SUNDAY, ana reach
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sstcn. Those who come by way OF me
Augnata and Knoxville. or the Green.
wood and Ianrens Road, Will come %
Greenwood, and there change calss iof
sWi illisnston, forty miles away.
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ftommenfeQ eQncatotS 2Wlltflec lIom.
time to- time during sthesession.
Tie Lecture Department will be found
noss interesting, IT is the intention Of
thssmauagers to- make this department,
like all others, complete.
GoT. Richardson and Hon. f. w. Nc.
Master, Columbia Hon. w. O. Bsnet
/, and Col. Cothran, Abbeville; I; DR.. w. M.
sGrier, Due West !; DR.. James 81. Carlisle
and Pro-. f. c. oodward, Spartanburg;
Hon. James b. Rice, and others promi-.
2nent as speakers and educators, have
been invited tordeliver evening lectures.
sermon Will sbe preached on Sunday
III the interest Of teachers and their.
work.
81 BOARDING.
Board can be had for fifty cents per
day5at the hotels and with families in
and near the city. Any parties wishing.
such accommoda dations are requested to-
address Dr. IS. Lander, Williamson, s.
C., at once We suggest to the teachers
to begin nov making preparations to
attend, and make the most possible out
OF this rare opportunity.
ssPECIAL;To TEACHERS.
Every teacher who expects to conduct
live, interesting and prosperous school,
should not fail to take advantage of the
good 10 be derived from attending the
Normal. In this age of enthusiasm and
i,,opular; tnmult, every teacher should be
nefl equipped with the power Of organi-
cation and trae practical lteacbiDg.
We respectfully urge all teachers to
attend. If you have never attended an
) Institute, saen surely you should go. If
Won have attended one, then We feel
assured that you will attend this one.
IT Is those who have never seen or felt
the great benefits derived from an attend
ar,ce on an Institute, who need most to
attend and who are most likely not to
! attend. Il will be our regret if our
teachers do not attend. Our consolation,
however. If ouch should be the case. will
:be that Ne did all We. could for their
comfort, their pleasure and their inn
proyements by offering them az opportu-
nifty so rspisse to meet face esface and
kdiscuss and hear discussed the living
Issues sof this progressive agssip their
profession.
Greenville and Anderson Counties had
united for the purpose of holding q Joint
institute for their white teachers at Viii.
.liamstol commencing July 11th and
closing July 2sd. Col. james H. Rice,
State erintendent Of Education, pro,
posed to contribute to the expense of the
Institute from the Peabody Fund if the
doors Of the Institute were opened to the
teachers Of the State. This proposition
-
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folks. Our highest regard is for some.
thing that we can carry with us when we
die. would rather leave my children
good principles, truth, honesty and
integrity, than money, and so had every
father who has the right sort of love for
his children. I would rather be Marion
Rowland, my humble tenant, than Jay
Gould, for there are many promises to
the poor and none to the rich that 1
know of. I don't want to be squeezed
through needles eye to get to heaven.
But still there are some hopeful signs up
north-and they encourage us and lift
us up in hope and faith. The grand
army met at Saratoga and all the yindic-
tive resolutions about the southern flags
were laid upon the table and the southern
army of the northern Potomac was
invited to meet with the northern army
at Gettysburg next year. That is all
right, and we will meet. Let Fairchild
take back seat. If he wants to whip
us again let him try it single.handed.
Our boys will settle that matter like Cap.
tain John Smith settled it with the Turks
three centuries ago. I'll bet ten dollars
against ten cents that Fairchild won't
come to time, and John Rhey Thomp.
sons legs will carry I'm the other way
in spite of his malice.
Our people are getting along very we'll
now. Mr.. Seney set US up in Oxford
and that institution is all right. 1
reioiced to read about their last com.
mencement. It is the most hopeful sign
of the south-those boys are doing spien-
did. When boys can make ? locomotive
out aud out, and can wiite scientific
treatises on the valves and pistons, and
steam chests, and driving wheels and